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The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, ltaly and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, andmake comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows average carbon dioxide (CO) emissions per person in the United Kingdom, Sweden, ltaly and Portugal between 1967 and 2007.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, andmake comparisons where relevant.
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The line graph compares the per capita
carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 released in four different countries during four decades.
Overall
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, it is apparent that the average amount of
carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 per person in Britain continuously dominated among the four nations,
while
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 the equivalent figure for Portugal ranked the lowest over the period shown.
Besides
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, the number of
emissions
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 in Sweden and Italy saw a clear upward trend, compared with that of the other two countries. In 1967, Portuguese people released the fewest amount of
carbon
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dioxide
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, with a figure of about 1 metric tonne. In the following 40 years, the quantity of
carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 increased remarkably, peaking at approximately 5 metric
tonnes
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 in 2007.
Similarly
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, an obvious increment can
also
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 be seen in the amount of
this
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 type of greenhouse gas
emissions
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 in Italy, almost doubling from 4 in 1967 to roughly 8 metric
tonnes
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 in 2007.
By contrast
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, there was a downward trend in the UK, as the number of
emissions
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 declined from about 11 to less than 9 metric
tonnes
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 throughout
this
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 period of time. Interestingly, in spite of the fluctuation of around 3 metric
tonnes
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 between 1967 and 1987, the figure for
carbon
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dioxide
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emissions
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 per person had decreased since
then
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 , falling to about 7 metric
tonnes
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 in 2007.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words carbon, dioxide, emissions, tonnes with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "compares" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • CO2 emissions
  • per capita
  • decline
  • increase
  • trend
  • comparison
  • industrial growth
  • economic development
  • green energy
  • environmental policy
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • EU regulations
  • technological advancement
  • population growth
  • international agreements
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